The latest version of in5 includes some big updates that should make several tasks more accessible to designers. It’s been possible to add custom code to in5 output for quite some time, but if you’re not used to working with code, there’s definitely an intimidation factor. With version 2.4, we’ve made it easier than ever to incorporate Google Analytics and Social Sharing buttons in your HTML (or app), without having to copy and paste code!

One-Step Google Analytics Tracking

You can now add Google Analytics to your in5 project simply by copying and pasting your Google Analytics Tracking ID into the in5 dialog.

That’s it! No more setup required. No need to even look at the tracking code below the ID.

As soon as you post your HTML to a web server, Google Analytics will begin collecting data.

In addition to the basic tracking functionality, you can choose to monitor other events within the document:

Pages – lets you track which pages are viewed most and least often.

Button Clicks – lets you track how often buttons are clicked.

Audio and Video Playback – lets you see which media are being played in your document.

Social Sharing – lets you see how often your document is shared using the Social Sharing Buttons (more info below).

Social Sharing Buttons

Have you created something with InDesign and in5 that you’d like people to share?

Now, a few checkboxes in the in5 dialog will do all the work for you.

Fully functional buttons will then appear in your output.

Super-charged Anchored Objects

InDesign does not allow you to nest a Multi-State Object (MSO) inside of another MSO. However, Keith Gilbert has shown us a great workaround. Start by anchoring one MSO inside of text frame. Then, paste that text frame inside another MSO. To support this workaround, we’ve done some work to add more feature support to objects anchored inside of text frames. In version 2.4, we added support for MSOs, Groups, and Animation on anchored objects (when rendering text as HTML). Previous versions added support for anchored Movies and Buttons.